Hippee Hole BLM
We continue our boondocking adventures with 4 days just outside of the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge. The promise of this location is lots of migratory birds. Unfortunately, the majority of them have already started their trek north. Speaking with family in the northeast, these birds may regret departing so soon. This is another thing we need to adjust to – for migratory birds to show up in the north in late March they have to leave the south in early to mid February.
We checked out the visitors center and had a nice chat with the volunteer that was working that day. She and her husband retired 6 or 7 years ago and have been full time RVing since. They find a national wildlife refuge to volunteer at during the winters and spend their summers up north with family. She guided us to some locations where there were likely to be some birds and mentioned that there are still plenty of ducks in the area. We checked out the spots she recommended and was able to get a few pictures of various birds but not to the extent we were hoping for when we chose to stay here.
The sites here are pretty nice for a free place to stay. There are several RV pads with covered picnic tables and we chose to park in one of those spots. About 50 yards from our RV is the Colorado River and we sat out there a couple of times to watch the sun set on the California side of the river (we were on the Arizona side – one whole hour ahead of the western bank!). We didn’t do much while we were here besides the bird watching. We did get out one day for a run and later took a short bike ride on the California side. All in all it was a nice relaxing stay and now its time to move further east as we work our way back to Tucson for a rally starting March 17th. Next stop is Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument for a few more days of boondocking.
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